Articles Tagged: Union Community High School

The Prep Football Huddle podcast reviews Week 1 of the Iowa high school football season with takeaways including a young Cedar Rapids Xavier team’s potential, Clear Creek Amana’s new era, Class 5A rankings upheaval and more.

Area volleyball Super Ten through matches played Sept. 3: Mount Vernon and Cedar Rapids Xavier remain the top two teams; West Delaware and Cedar Rapids Prairie make big jumps.

This is the fourth in a series diving into area Iowa high school football districts for the 2024 season. Today, we examine Class 2A. North Fayette Valley, Anamosa, PCM and Mid-Prairie are the title picks.

A watch list of top Gazette-area teams and individuals for the 2024 Iowa high school girls’ cross country season.

The Gazette’s area teams to watch in the 2024 Iowa high school volleyball season, and a preseason Super Ten led by Mount Vernon, Cedar Rapids Xavier and Iowa City Liberty.

A dozen Gazette-area high school volleyball players to watch in 2024, led by reigning Class 3A state player of the year Chloe Meester of Mount Vernon.

Cedar Rapids Xavier (Class 4A) and Mount Vernon (3A) are ranked No. 1 in their respective volleyball classes by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

For the majority of the state’s softball teams, enough of a sample size was created last week to make some observations. Here are five Gazette area teams that won Week 1.

Meet The Gazette’s 2024 all-area high school girls’ wrestling team: Linn-Mar’s Kane Naaktgeboren is the Wrestler of the Year and Alburnett’s Clayton Rush is the Coach of the Year.

Meet The Gazette’s 2024 all-area high school girls’ wrestling team: Naomi Simon of Decorah is the Wrestler of the Year and Gene Adams of Decorah is the Coach of the Year.

A look at Saturday’s Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling finals. Klayten Perreault pinned 41 of his 46 foes this season while being ranked No. 1 from start to finish. His stirring run helped the Mustangs cap a remarkable season with a second-place team trophy.

A long time ago and far, far away from the Iowa high school state wrestling tournament, Union Community’s star 126-pounder Jace Hedeman doubted himself. Not always, but just enough to prompt the two-time and counting state champion to create an internal script that vanquished any of those concerns, and build a foundation of unshakable confidence.

Full results from Friday’s Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling semifinals, where Austin Scranton became Anamosa’s first finalist in 20 years and Union Community sent three wrestlers to the finals.

Photos from Friday’s Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling semifinals at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Full results from Thursday’s Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling quarterfinals, where Solon’s Jordan Schmidt won a thriller against Independence’s Kaden Kremer and South Tama’s Amare Chavez used a snub as fuel.